Posts by Paul Hickey

In this episode of The Premium Pod, we help premium members make money flipping sports cards. We answer these questions and more… Ask the grader question: how much weight is put on the front of the card vs. the back of the card? Just got several (about 25, pic is of 9s and 10s) Skenes and Elly’s back from PSA (cards from raw-to-grade formula) Was pretty lucky with the gem rate on Skenes (less so w/ Elly). I know there’s no selling market for raw-to- grade necessary, but I was just wondering if I should list now in the off season or hold till next season hype? I wanted to get your opinion on a recent purchase. I bought 2 of the Caitlin Clark Panini instant Jungle /25 #268 First All WNBA team cards. I have seen some recent sales of other /25 Jungle cards that have sold for much less than I expected. I…

In this episode of The Premium Pod, we help premium members make money flipping sports cards. We answer these questions and more… What do you guys think of the jumbo 5×7 downtowns released recently? Any play here? I don’t think so but interested in your take. I have a couple of questions for you today. The first one I want to start with is this Costco 2024 Donruss release. Why is Panini releasing these to such a large distributer? Also they are giving a jumbo downtown in everybox? People are buying these and reselling them at crazy prices. Have we hit yet another junk wax era? If so how can we avoid this just like the 90’s. Question #2 I recently bought a Tyrese Haliburton 2020 Optic #162 Purple Rookie. It looks really clean and centered. Is it worth getting graded? Is there any strategies for those wrong cards such as Anthony Richardson RCs but…